The History of the Baltimore Museum of Art
The Baltimore Museum of Art, better known by the acronym BMA, is a museum of ancient, modern, and contemporary art founded in 1914.
This art museum is located in the Remington neighborhood, adjacent to the Johns Hopkins University campus. This allows students to visit this free museum, making it a place for community gathering and growth.
The museum, founded with a single painting, today houses over 95,000 works of art, including the largest public collection of works by Henri Matisse.
The museum is also the permanent home of the George A. Lucas collection. It houses more than 18,000 works by the French artist, acclaimed by the museum as a “cultural treasure.”

